{"id":1093806,"date":"2019-06-13T15:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1093806"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:36:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:36:27","slug":"guardiola-real-madrid-amazing-eden-hazard","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/guardiola-real-madrid-amazing-eden-hazard\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola: Real Madrid will have fun with &#8220;amazing&#8221; Eden Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pep Guardiola has said Real Madrid will have &#8220;a lot of fun&#8221; watching new signing Eden Hazard following his arrival from Chelsea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Manchester City manager spent four years in charge of Real&#8217;s fierce rivals Barcelona but couldn&#8217;t deny Hazard&#8217;s quality when asked about the Belgian.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Five key things to know about Real Madrid&#8217;s summer transfer business so far&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Real Madrid have spent almost \u00a3300m on overhauling Zinedine Zidane&#8217;s squad so far this summer.<\/li>\n<li>In March a \u00a342.7m deal was struck with Porto for centre-back Eder Militao.<\/li>\n<li>Serbian striker Luka Jovic then arrived from Frankfurt for a reported \u00a353m.<\/li>\n<li>It is claimed Hazard&#8217;s fee could rise to as much as \u00a3150m including add-ons.<\/li>\n<li>Madrid also signed left-back Ferland Mendy from Lyon for around \u00a347.1m this week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7284737-it-s-time-to-talk-about-a-potential-bernard-or-silva\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAGB1_lwBKG8A\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hazard bowed out at Chelsea with his best ever goalscoring season, finding the net 21 times across all competitions including two strikes in the Europa League final.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Hazard win the Premier League&#8217;s Playmaker Award courtesy of his 15 assists; he actually set up more goals than any player across Europe&#8217;s top five leagues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It turns out 2018-19 *was* Eden Hazard&#39;s final Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>We have 10 stats from it that prove just how incredible Chelsea&#39;s No.10 really is.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I4SBh0awNH\">pic.twitter.com\/I4SBh0awNH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1137089091965767680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Guardiola, who has come up against Hazard a number of times over the last three Premier League campaigns, admits the 28-year-old is among the best players around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe player they\u2019ve signed from Chelsea is a very, very, very good player,&#8221; the former Barcelona boss told <a href=\"https:\/\/en.as.com\/en\/2019\/06\/12\/videos\/1560355266_689391.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Matthijs de Ligt or Frenkie de Jong? 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